"The Bleed is attuned to you." Menadion replied. "The energy it stores would poison Friya just like your mana."
"Can we recalibrate the Infirmary with Friya's energy signature?" Lith asked, cursing himself for killing the Awakened before asking that question. "Can we save her if we fill new tanks?"
"No." Menadion shook her head. "It works for Solus only because she's bonded to the tower. I'm sorry."
"It's alright." Friya smiled, her voice gurgling from inside the life support tank. "It's not your fault, Master Menadion. It's no one's fault but mine. I was stupid and conceited."
Small tears streaked from her eyes and were immediately diluted in the nutrient's solution.
"I was so proud of being a dimensional mage, of my success in imitating Master Tezka's spell, that I forgot Mogar is full of monsters much stronger and older than me."
Her right arm disappeared, and her left foot was next.
"Do you hear me, Nalrond? This is not your fault. I mean it. I'm sorry for abandoning you like this. I didn't mean to hurt you. I wanted to give you a wedding gift no money can buy. Someone who can truly understand what you went through.
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"Stop talking!" Nalrond did his best to hold back his tears. "Focus on healing. You are strong enough to fight even death."
"I wish it were true." Friya gurgled as her left leg disappeared up to her knee. "I don't have much time left. I know I'm asking you a lot, Lith, but can you take me home? I want to say goodbye to my parents and Quylla.
"They lost Phloria without having the chance to see her or talk to her one last time, and it almost destroyed them. I don't want them to go through that again because of me. I don't want to die knowing I've hurt everyone I love."
"Sure." Lith hated the idea of revealing the tower's existence to Orion and Jirni, but he couldn't refuse Friya her last wish. "Speaking of which…"
He turned to Salman, who was still shocked beyond belief. The Rezar had no idea where he was, what had happened, or what a mage tower was. He had lived all his life in the Fringe and the last few years in Gabash.
Even an enchanted sword was an uncanny artifact to him.
"What is this place? Who are-" Lith's punch to the face cut the Rezar short and knocked him out.
"When he wakes up, makeup some bullshit about a Travelling Infirmary or something." Lith said to Nalrond. "We're going back to the Verhen Mansion, and I don't want to kill your friend after Friya sacrificed her life to save him."
"She didn't sacrifice her life!" Nalrond snarled. "She's still alive. Fuck her parents and fuck Quylla! Bring her to the Trawn Woods, now!"
With no time to waste, the Agni grabbed Lith by the shoulder with one hand and took his communicator amulet out with the other. A mind link shared the necessary information with Lith while Faluel's hologram appeared.
"What's up, guys? How is- Great Mother almighty!" The Hydra stared at the Infirmary in horror. "Friya! What happened to her?"
"Her core is cracked." Nalrond replied. "We are about to Warp to the Trawn Woods."
"I should kill Friya for telling you." Faluel sighed in relief. "And maybe I will, but first, I have to save her. Bring her to me, now!"
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